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package protocol

import (
	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model/pdata"
)

// Parser is something that can map input StatsD strings to OTLP Metric representations.
type Parser interface {
	Initialize(enableMetricType bool, isMonotonicCounter bool, sendTimerHistogram []TimerHistogramMapping) error
	GetMetrics() pdata.Metrics
	Aggregate(line string) error
}
